United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Chemawa Indian School Search this
Physical description:
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm
Type:
Microforms
Place:
Northwest, Pacific
Date:
1970
1980
197?
Notes:
Microfilm of original records at the National Archives and Records Administration in Seattle, Washington.
Summary:
A nonreservation boarding school was opened at Forest Grove, Oreg., in 1880. In 1885 it was moved to a site north of Salem that became known as Chemawa. The school has been called both Chemawa and Salem. From 1925 to 1938 the school had agency duties for the Indians of the Grand Ronde and Siletz Reservations and nonreservation Indians, but most of its records relate to school activities.
Index to Descriptive Statements (Chronological by date - Descriptive statements list Family number, English name, Agency, Tribe, Parent's blood, Father's Name, PO Address, Parent's living or dead, Date, Cause of removal from list). Graduating Class 1921 and listings of "one-legged pupils", "one-handed pupils","Cross-eyed pupils", "A little off Pupils", and "Blind".
